"Crona!" Maka shouts as she runs threw a dark forest..She doesn't remember how she got here or why but..
She knows the boy is here.
Maka stops in her tracks as she finally she's him.
He stands with his back to her, his gown is down so she can see both of his small shoulders..She can see the bones of his back.
Maka's heart pounds with joy at seeing him, she doesn't stop running till she's right behind him.
She reaches out to touch him but..
He disappears.
Maka frowns..
...What?
"...Maka." A soft voice speaks behind her.
Her breath hitches..
She knows that voice.
Maka turns around to see her mother..staring at her with those huge green eyes of hers..She wears a odd black dress with a hourglass on it..
"Oh my baby..Please you must listen to me." Her mother's eyes shake as she holds her hands together as if in prayer. "..Don't follow that boy..Stay far away from him baby..He isn't what he seems..."
"..What do you mean?" Maka frowns and walks over to her only for her mother to take a step back.
"..If you continue to seek him Maka..you will fall." Her mother trembles as she points to the hour glass on her dress..
The sand is actually falling down..like it's real.
"..I don't have much time baby..I won't be here to help you." She takes a deep breath. "..Just know I love you Maka..I love you more then anything..and no matter what happens..No matter what you find out..Just know your mommy is sorry..i'm so sorry."
"..Mom what are you talking about-
"I must go.." Her mother turns her back on her. "..Turn back Maka...Turn back while you still have the chance. You are walking the path of the damned..Turn back."
Her mother lights up as Maka runs to stop her..To grab a hold of her...To hug her..
She looks at Maka, a sad smile on her face. "..Good bye my child."
Right when Maka is about to grab her...
She disappears.
"Mom.." Maka's eyes shake as she stands where her mother was..
Is she losing her mind?..
Or was that really her mother?
"M-Maka."
She turns around to see Crona smiling at her sweetly, his cheeks slightly tinted.
"..W-Won't you come with me? Or are y-you going to leave me too?"
Maka doesn't have time to answer before the boy takes off running deeper into the forest.
Something tells her not to follow..To heed her mother's warning but..
Her feet move on there own.
She's running after him.
The boy is surprisingly fast and Maka ends up losing him.
She pants, her hands on her knees..
She lost Crona..
Suddenly there's a hissing sound and she feels something wrap around her leg.
She looks down to see a snake, it's golden eyes glinting at her as she shakes it off.
Maka doesn't like it..She doesn't like this feeling.
Those eyes look strangely familiar..
"Come with me.." She hears a voice from the distance..but all that is before her is the snake. "..I will take you to Crona."
Everything is telling her not to follow this snake but...
She follows it.
The small snake slivers slowly, deeper into the forest..and before Maka knows it..
She's standing in front of what looks to be a two story home..
It's a nice place but..Maka feels somehting truly dark, truly evil coming from off it.
"We are close." The snake slivers closer to the house.
Turn back.
Turn back now.
But she doesn't.
She continues to follow the snake.
As she gets closer..The door to the home opens by itself..It being pitch black inside so she can't see anything.
The dark feeling is over baring..
Maka takes a step back.
"..Crona's in there all alone." The snake hisses.
That's all Maka needed to hear.
Despite this evil feeling..She walks inside the home..
Inside the unknown.
As soon as she steps in the lights come on..and she wish they would have stayed off.
There's blood..everywhere..
On the walls, On the floor..She's stepping in some.
There's severed limbs..guts..everything a human body is made off scattered across this living room.
Who ever these people were..No one would be able to put them back togetther..
Crona sits in the middle of all this mess..He is covered in blood..His hair is matted..and his hand's stained.
...He doesn't look her age anymore..He looks young..The boy wearing a little black dress..
She doesn't know what to do.
But her body does.
Maka walks over to the small boy on the floor, his little bangs are covering his eyes.
She reaches out a shaky hand to touch him..
Before she does the boy looks up.
His small blue eyes shake, they look haunted..Tears fall down the small boys face..
"Is i-it over?" He trembles as he grips his small head. "..I-If there dead why do I-I still hear there screams?"
Maka opens her mouth to speak..but nothing comes out.
"It is over my child." She hears a dark voice coo behind her. "Come to me.."
The small boy stands at her words, his head still bowed.
Maka trys to stop him but..he just goes threw her..
Then everything starts to spin..
Everything is fuzzy..
She can't keep herself up and she falls..She falls in the blood...
The blood swallows her whole.
When Maka can grasp her mind again..She isn't in that home anymore..She's in what looks to be a church.
Crona stands before her..He is a teen-ager again..His back is to her but..
Something seems wrong.
Her eyes fall over the boy where the alter is..
Her eyes tremble in fear..
The cross that a statue of jesus is on is upside down..
The stain glass windows reflect the light of the moon and give the church a red color.
This is wrong.
This is so wrong and she needs to leave.
But she doesn't.
Maka takes a step forward.
Then another.
Another.
Another.
She doesn't stop till she's right behind the boy..
She needs to leave but instead..
She reaches out and puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Crona..?" Her voice sounds shaky..she's shaking.
The boy's head slowly turns to look at her...A blank expression on his face but when his eyes fall on her..
A huge smile rips out on his face.
"Guppi.." His neck twist in a unnatural angle as he reaches out to grab her.
Maka jumps back..Only to bump into something.
She turns around to see..another Crona..actually she's surrounded by Cronas..
All of them have different expressions on there faces..
And there all reaching out for her.
"Which one of you is the real Crona?!" Maka cries as she struggles trying to get away...
They all grab onto her..holding her tightly.
Maka searches desperately for the familiar pair of eyes but..they all aren't Crona.
Then she sees him.
In front of the church..Is the boy she adores in a cage..
A large snake wraps around it..Looking at Maka with dark glee.
Crona..
Maka grinds her teeth as she struggles agaisnt all these imposters.
Crona..
She gets out of there grasps and runs towards the boy in the cage..Runs towards the snake.
"M-Maka..p-please stay away.." Crona looks at her sadly, gripping the bars of his cage. "...S-She will hurt you."
But Maka's not listening.
The snake jumps out at her when she gets close enough.
Maka moves out of the way, being able to make it to the cage.
She throws the door open and pulls the boy out..
She holds him in her arms..holding the frail boy there where he belongs.
He doesn't belong in a cage..
"Crona.." Maka sighs happily as he pulls away from her.
"That's not my name bitch." His eyes change and before she can move he grabs her face, digging his sharp nails into her flesh.
Maka wakes up with a start, sweat dripping down her face.
Her heart is beating so fast she's almost afraid it's going to just beat out of her chest.
She needs water.
She needs to calm down.
Maka rushes out the bed..Only to freak out more.
She's not in her room. She's not in her home.
Maka runs to the door, she ends up falling a little in her panic but she gets right back up and throws open the door, running out.
She bumps into something hard.
Maka cries out as she falls back but strong arms grab a hold of her, making sure she doesn't fall.
"Whoa, whoa there!"
She looks up with shaky eyes..and as her eyes lock onto those golden orbs..
Her panic stops.
..She had stayed the night at Kid's..
She's so stupid.
"I-I'm sorry Kid I just-
She stops as she stuidies this person closely.
Wait..This isn't Kid it's-
"Do I really look that young?~" The bubbly mayor smiles at her.
"Uh..Sorry Mr. mayor, I just woke up.." She chuckles nervously.
"You seemed scared sweetie. Is something wrong?" The man tilts his head, his bright golden eyes looking her over.
"Nah, i'm fine..." She smiles at this man. "..I'm sorry about just bumping into you like that."
"It's alright, nightmares suck don't they?" He tilts his head looking at her innocently.
"..What?" Maka looks at him with wide eyes.
"Oh nothing, Kid's waiting for you down stairs..I believe he's taking my job from me and making you breakfast." The man turns his back to her. "Sorry to cut are time short but I have a lot of papers to get to..I have to work sometime."
He chuckles slightly as he walks away.
"..Turn back Maka..Turn back now..My son is waiting for you." He disappears into a room.
"W-Wait!" Maka's eyes shake..
Her mother said the same thing in the dream..
And how did he know she had a nightmare..
This is just..weird..
Maka takes a deep breath before she turns on her heel and starts to head down the steps..
It's just a coincidence..
It was just a dream..
Calm down.
The smell of bacon and eggs instantly hits her nose causing her mouth to water..
When is the last time she's had a cooked meal?..She doesn't know.
"Oh good morning Maka." Kid smiles at her when she walks into the kitchen. He is putting some eggs from the frying pan on a plate. "How did you sleep? I hope the bed was comfortable enough."
"Kid it felt like a was sleeping on a fucking cloud." Maka smirks at him. "I slept great.."
"Good, I hope your hungry." Kid walks over to the kichen table, setting the plates and sliver wear to his liking. " I made plenty."
"Oh am I!" Maka jumps into her seat happily, her practically drooling as Kid puts some eggs and bacon on her plate.
Maka doesn't wait.
She digs in.
And she's not ashamed.
She swallows all of it in a matter of seconds..
And it was banging.
"Oh my." Kid's eyes widen a little but at seeing the smile on her face..His lips tug in a smile of there own. "Someone wasn't kidding when they said they were hungry..Did you like it?"
"Yes!" Maka takes the rest of the eggs from him, about to devour it but she pauses and looks at him. "..Did you want any?"
"No." He chuckles as he takes a seat next to her.
He props his head up with his hand as he watches Maka eat his food..That smile never leaving his face.
Maka just eats.
His smile suddenly falls.
"Um..Uh..Maka.." His gaze shifts a little, his face pale.
"What?" Maka says with a mouth full of food.
"Well..one, please don't talk when your mouth is full and.." He takes a deep breath. "I don't know how to tell you this but.." His face pales as he looks away from her. "Y-Your hair..it isn't symmetrical. One pigtail is lower then the other.."
Maka swallows.
"Oh." she takes a another forkful of food.
"..Just oh?" His eye twitches a little as he glances at her , seeing her hair. "..Can I please fix it?"
Maka just nods, still eatting.
Kid's eyes light up as he takes a comb from out of his jacket, he moves closer before he pulls one of her pony tails out.
Maka contuines to eat as he lightly combs threw the hair, being gentle with her but at the same time getting the knots out.
He puts up the first one then does the same with the other side.
He looks between the two for a long moment before he smiles again.
"Ah..There perfect."
"Yay." Maka grunts after she swallowed her food.
"..You know I really enjoyed you being here.." Kid smiles at her..That adoration in his eyes. " Maybe..we could do this again sometime."
"Yeah sure." She shrugs. "Beats staying home."
"..So are you still going to see him?" Kid frowns slightly.
Maka pauses putting another forkful of food in her mouth.
..She rememebrs the dream..Her mother's words..The dark feelings she had..Kid's father saying the same thing to her..
Something is telling her not to..To stop this now.
But..she must see Crona..
She has to see him.
She needs her answers.
..She needs him.
"Yes." She shoves the food in her mouth.
"I see.." He takes a deep breath. "..Then I will take you after your done eating."
"Cool.." She swallows. "..Thanks Kid."
"Your welcome." He smiles at her. "..Just be-
"Careful." She grunts, giving him a smirk. " I know."
"Well..good." He gives her a sheepish smile.
"Hey Kid.." Maka looks over to the counter, her seeing a bunch of cookies in a plastic bag. "..Are you going to eat those?"
"No, I don't like sweets." He wrinkles his nose a little.
"Can I have them?"
"Of course."
Maka smiles as she gets up and grabs the bag..
Crona will love these.
"Alright, I'm ready lets go!" Maka grips her fist..A fire of determination burning her being.
"..Hold on, I must wash the dishes." Kid grabs the plates and brings them to the sink.
"..And I probably should freshen up.." She smells herself and wrinkles her nose..
So much has happen she almost went out all gross looking.
..She still wants to be decent for Crona..even if he is crazy.
He is her crazy boy..and she would get to the bottom of this..
No matter how scared she is..
She has to know.
Maka gives Kid a wave as he drives away, finally she was able to get him to leave..
He can be really over baring sometimes.
She takes a deep breath as she turns around, feasting her eyes on Dark Side asylum..
This causes so many different emotions..
They swirl around her, making her head dizzy but she walks forward.
Her eyes are glossed over in thought..
This is it..
She's about to see Crona..
Maka walks into the the asylum, her head held up high with determination..only for her whole expression to fall.
Stein stands by the front desk..looking at her coldly..
He has been waiting for her.
"Maka what are you doing here? I believe I told you not to come." His glasses glare.
"..I'm here to see Crona." She straightens herself up, looking the man in the eyes.
"Turn back." Stein glares. "Turn back now, your not seeing him."
Maka tries not to show him how much those words effected her.
"Why not? He didn't hurt me!" She glares at him. "..I made a promise and I'm going to keep it."
"..Crona isn't stable for any visitor's." Stein looks at her blankly. "After the incident Thursday he has been in bad condition. He's attacked to many nurses to count, there all in the hospital Maka. The nurses are scared of him..So I have to handle him myself. Even if what happen Thursday didn't happen he is way to unstable for you. He will hurt you."
"No he won't!" Maka growls taking a step forward. ".. I know he won't."
"Maka i'm asking you to leave now or I will get the nurses to throw you out."
"Fuck you! This is a free country and I demand to see Crona!..He needs me!"
"He needs medication and solitude, not you." Stein pushes somthing under the desk. "You leave me no choice."
Suddenly a couple big male nurses come out and grab a hold of Maka. She struggles with them but she can't get out of there grip. They drag her out of the asylum, and throw her.
"Stay out kid, next time were calling the cops." One of them grunts as they leave..Leaving her alone on the pavement.
Her face gets hot with anger..
This isn't over..No..Not by a long shot.
"Hey kid."
Maka pauses from the voice when she was about to charge in there.
"I wouldn't do that." Giriko stands against the building, a cigarette between his fingers, smoke lightly coming off of it.
"I have to get in there." Maka grips her fist. "..I have to see Crona."
"Why do you still want to see him?..I heard about what happened Thursday.." Girkio takes a drag of the cigarette, before looking back at her. "..He went fucking crazy man..When you left..Shit man I had to deal with that..It took like seven needles to fucking bring him down."
"Seven needles?!" Maka whips her head towards him. "What the fuck are you thinking?! You'll hurt him!"
"He was hurting us!" Girkio growls. "Like fuck i'm going to let some pip squeak get the best of me."
"..That wasn't him." Maka averts her gaze. "Crona doesn't hurt people..Ragnarok does."
"Yeah and Ragnarok is him, just a more fucked up version."
"... I still need to see him."
"He's not stable." Girkio takes another drag before blowing out. " If you saw him he would just hurt you again...Is it really worth the risk?"
"Yes, he's worth it." Maka takes a deep breath.
"..He hasn't been eating." Girkio stares at her a long moment. "..He has done this once before..and they had to shove a fucking tube down his throat just to keep him alive..So yeah he's that bad right now..and all the nurses shit them selves when they hear his name."
"..I need to see him." Maka just grips her fist, looking down at her cookies she has for him. "..I can get him to eat..I can help him Giriko, I just need to get to him."
"..I'll tell you what." Girkio leans off of the wall, he takes one last drag of the cigarette before he throws it down and stomps it out. " I'm going to help you out..Only because i'm tried of dealing with this kid and if you say you can help fix him, then hell lets give it a shot. It beats getting fucking bitten every time I have to go in his room..like look!" He pulls out his hand that's all wrapped up, his eye twiching. "Like what the fuck?"
"..So your going to help me get to Crona?" Maka gets closer to him, her eyes shaking slightly in excitement.
"Yeah sure, it's boring here anyway." He shrugs then smirks. "..You were right when you said i'm not one to follow the rules, I say fuck em. They were only made to be broken."
"Hell yeah!" Maka cheers. "Come on lets do it!"
Girkio grabs a hold of her when she was about to turn and walk into the asylum.
"What the hell do you think your doing? Are you stupid?" He grunts as he pulls her away from the door.
"..Aren't you going to like..talk to them to get me in?"
"No, i'm going to sneak you in." He smirks. " I gots a plan."
"..I don't know if I should be happy, or scared."
"Fucking happy! I'm a genius!"
Maka frowns. "..Oh god we're fucked."
"Shut the hell up! I know what i'm doing." His eye twitches a little but he takes a deep breath and calms down. "..You left this with me Thrusday, you ran out to fast for me to give it to you." Girkio hands over her sketch book from out of his pocket, and pencil.
"Oh..I forgot all about it.." Maka grabs the book..She rubs it gently..A smile coming to her face.
"Yeah so.." He leans in, a grin on his face. "Draw me."
"We don't have time for that." She grunts.
"Actually we have all the time in the fucking world, we have to wait till Stein leaves or my plan won't work." He crosses his arms. "Get to drawing me or i'll leave your ass out here."
"Fine." She sighs in defeat as she flips to a blank page, putting her pencil to it, looking up at him. "Your a dick you know that?"
"Yup." He smirks, his brown eyes lighting up with an expression.
"Don't think of anything. I want to draw this expression." She quickly starts drawing..Her eyes staying on his.
Surprisingly Girkio listens with out saying a smart comment.
Her hand is a blur..
She must admit it's weird drawing someone other then Kid..but she doesn't dislike it.
Girkio's eyes are so different from Kid's..there wild, and are even a bit unstable.
She continues to draw, her eyes staring into his..
"I'm done.." She looks down at her drawing..and it's like looking into a window of Girkio's soul..of his being.
His eyes are sharp..There hard but at the same time..she see's a softness in them..It's hiden well but she sees it.
And because she drawn him..She now understands him a bit better.
Under all that rough skin is a man that cares..She doesn't know what he cares about but he cares for something.
It's very interesting.
"Let me see!" He snatches the book from her, looking over the drawing. His face is blank for a moment before he grins. "Well will you look at that...My pencil is fucking amazing."
"It wasn't your pencil jack ass." She points a finger to her chest. "It was all me, because i'm a boss."
"If your such a boss why not try to draw more then just eyes?" He looks over the drawing.
"I only care about eyes." She shrugs. "..They tell you about a person."
"Oh yeah? What my eyes tell you? That i'm a pimp." He smirks.
"No, Actually they told me your a caring man deep down." She looks at him. "Your like a big grizzly bear, you like to scare people away and have dominance but at the same time..You care for what matters to you and you can be gentle." She takes a deep breath. "Under all that 'fuck you' attitude is a nice man that you like to keep hidden."
Girkio just stares at her.
He opens his mouth just to close it.
He stares at her a moment longer before his face gets really red, and his eye twitches.
"Apparently you can't read fucking eyes right! I don't give a shit about anything, the only way i'm like a grizzly bear is if it's ripping someone's head off. I'm not kind, i'm not gentle."
"Your eyes don't lie."
This seems to piss him off futher.
"Would you rather me to have said they told me your a jack ass, who smells like beef and sweat, and who tans way to much." She smirks at him. "Because that would be true too."
"Fuck you!" He growls but it's weak as he looks away..He seems to be thinking about something.
"..You ready to do that plan?" Maka shifts her feet a little. "I'm starting to get anxiety..I have to see Crona.."
"Yeah, yeah I know." Girkio walks over to the door and looks in. "Cost is clear, now i'm going to distract that bitch at the front, when I give you the signal your going to rush in here and take the elevator up. I'll meet you up there."
He starts to walk in.
"Wait what's the signal?"
"Oh, you'll know it when you see it." He smirks at her before he walks into the asylum..
Well he better hope the fuck so.
Maka grips her fist as she peers around the wall into the asylum so she can see.
She hopes he knows what he's doing..She has to see Crona..
She just has to.
Maka watches as Giriko walks over causally to the front desk..his hands in his pocket.
Ok..so far so good.
Girkio stops at the front desk and-
Slams his hands down on the lady's desk.
Maka can feel her face get hot from anger.
What the hell? He's suppose to distract her not piss her off-
Then she sees the blush on the lady's face..
She realizes Girkio is saying something to her.. His face leaned in real close to hers.
..Either she's red because she's pissed or..Girkio is putting the moves on her.
Maka doesn't care as long as she can see Crona.
She watches as he rubs her face gently..He knocks her glasses off with his thumb, making it so it seems a accident.
Maka can't really see what's happening now because Girkio's body is blocking her view but she sees his hand..
He's giving her the middle finger.
That's a good enough signal as any.
Maka wastes no time and rushes in.
She runs past the desk, the lady is on her hands and knees looking for her glasses..
Maka presses the up button on the elevator desperately..Her hopping from one leg to the other waiting for the elevator to come to her.
She waits.
She waits.
She's about to have a heart attack, that lady is getting back up..
She's putting on her glasses..
The elevator dings and Maka rushes in pushing the button to close it.
The last thing she sees is the lady put on her glasses and glare at Girkio.
Maka takes a deep breath...That was close..
She can't help but to like this..She can feel her adrenaline going..
Doing what your not suppose to is fun, breaking the rules is fun.
Maka holds her hand over her heart as the elevator dings again and the doors open.
She peeks around the hallways carefully..Looking for any signs of doctor Stein or of those male nurses..
If they find her..She's going to jail.
It's not that big of a deal really but..knowing her and Spirit's relationship right now he would probably let her stay there a night..
And the cops here are ass holes.
She didn't want to go to jail.
Maka starts to pace by the elevator..Her heart beat his picking up speed.
Girkio is taking forever..What is she suppose to do? She's out in the open, anyone could come out and see her..
She grinds her teeth as she starts to tap her foot impatiently.
She waits.
And waits.
And waits.
There's a sound and Maka almost screams only to find..It was her foot that just made a sound because she tapped a little to hard.
She waits.
What the hell? Where is he? It's not like she can get in Crona's room with out him! He has the keys!
Suddenly the elevator dings and the doors open.
She tenses a little but when she see's Girkio with a goofy grin on his face she relaxes.
"What the hell took you so long!" She whispers harshly. "Stein could have came out and saw or one of those nurses.I'd rather not go to jail today."
"Chill your tits..Oh wait you can't chill what you don't have!" He chuckles as he points to himself. "See i'm buzzed, now I can fry the shit out of you."
"Fuck you!" She growls and turns away from him, her arms crossed. "Stop playing around jack ass."
"I'm just having fun." He shrugs as he pulls out some needles from his pocket. "..It took me awhile because I had to get these."
Maka's expression falls to a deep glare and she opens her mouth-
"Before you bitch me out, let me explain." He grumbles as he puts them back in. "There for are fucking protection..There won't be any other nurses in there other then me to protect you. And i'll be honest that kid is nothing but skin and bones but he can fuck some one up."
"..Was it necessary to bring five..?"
"I don't know, but I'm prepared." He looks at her. "..I might not even have to use these but if I do, best believe I will."
"..." Maka's queit a deep frown on her face.
"Come on before we do get caught." He grunts and starts walking.
Maka follows him with out comment.
"Now after we do this i'm going to have to sneak you back out..We just have to make sure we arent seen by the bitch at the front, Stein, or the two other jack asses." He looks at her seriously. "I'm telling you right now..If we're close to being caught and I see a way for me to get out of it, i'm going to leave your ass behind. I'm not going to lose my job..I'll break the rules for ya kid, but I ain't taking the heat."
"That's fine." Maka continues to walk with him. "Unlike you I can handle the consequences of my actions."
"It's not that I can't handle them, it's just that i'm smart." He grunts as they get closer to Crona's door.
Maka's heart beat is speeding again..It almost hurts her..
Something is telling her to turn back..To leave this place..
But she keeps walking.
She has to see Crona..
They come to a stop in front of his door..and it's getting hard for Maka to breathe..
She's scared and excited at the same time..
Her adrenaline is pumping..
She stares at the door..
Her curiosity is like someone standing in front of a lion's den..They know there is a lion in there..that it is dangerous if not deadly to walk in but..
They want to know if the loin will hurt them, or if they will make it..
IT's curiosity that's driving her threw her fear..and something else.
But she doesn't understand the other feeling.
Girkio brings out his keys, he does a check around to see if anyone's watching before he unlocks the door.
Maka rushes in.
Her eyes automatically look over to the corner in the room.
Her breath hitches..and all that fear she has been feeling..is washed away.
It's washed away with his tears.
Crona sits in his corner, hugging his knees tightly to his chest, his whole body shakes as he sobs into his knees.
She can't see his face but..
He looks so frail..So sad..
He sniffles so much, making small coughing sounds.
It breaks her heart.
"Crona.." Maka speaks softly as she takes a step towards him.
She hears the door close behind her but she doesn't turn around.
The boy tenses up badly..but he doesn't look up.
It sounds like he's crying more now..His body shaking even more.
"G-Go a-away!" He cries into his knees. "..I-It's to p-painful to hear her voice now...P-Please go away what ever you are, whether y-you are a dream or..a-a vision just g-go away..I-It's to painful."
"Crona-
"I-I know..I-I know I blew it." He speaks so bitterly. "L-Like..L-Like I mess up everything else..I-I lost m-my only f-friend..I-I lost M-Maka..S-So please d-don't rub it in by sounding like her..I-It hurts so much."
Maka frowns as she slowly walks towards the trembling boy..Her heart hurts..He isn't the only one.
"I-I...l-lost...h-her.." He wheezes..It almost sounds like it's hurting him to speak.
"No you didn't." Maka lightly touches his shoulder.
At the contact the boy jumps up, standing up and towering over her.
He looks down at her with large shaking blue eyes...Tears are streaming down his face..His nose running..His cheeks flushed..
He stares at her along moment in disbelief..
Maka touches him gently on the shoulder again.
"It's me Crona.."
"M-Maka?...M-Maka?!" He trembles the tears falling down even more at realizing she is real. There's so much water coming out of this boy. "Y-You..Y-You came back?..W-Why?..H-How?"
"I told you. I would contiune to see you. No matter what, I wouldn't miss a day." She speaks firmly, looking this boy in the eyes.
"M-Maka...C-Can you...C-Can you please.." He spreads his arms, the tears falling more, his body trembling. He sqeezes his eyes tight. "I-I need...I-I need.."
Maka knows what he needs.
She pulls the boy into a embrace, holding him close to her and letting his head fall on her shoulder.
He grips her shirt lightly as he sobs into it..His body shaking so bad.
"I-I'm so sorry...I'm so sorry..I-I'm so sorry.." Crona trembles as he keeps sayng a apologies against her..His tears soaking her shirt.
She just lets him get it all out...Maka lightly strokes his chopy pink locks..Trying to give him some comfort.
"I-I thought I l-lost you...I-I thought you were never going to come back.." He sobs.
"You will never lose me."
..and sadly it's true.
At seeing the boy again..She knew this was true.
She's in to deep..
She has sealed her fate.
"It's ok...It's ok.." She speaks calmly, reassurely to the boy..Wanting to make him feel better..Wanting to stop his tears.
She hates seeing him cry.
Maka holds him close...lightly rubing his back..feeling the indent of his bones.
He is such a small creature..
Crona cries for a long time..He says things but Maka can't really understand him...Most of it sounded just like an apology.
She waits for him to get it all out.
She hears him sniffle...Then he sniffles again.
Then he takes a deep breath..His body stopping it's shaking.
"O-Oh Maka...I can't believe your really here..That y-you would really come back after.." His body tenses again but Maka just pulls him tighter to her.
"I know that wasn't you Crona." She hears his breath hitch. "It was Ragnarok..not you."
He pulls away from her..Looking at her with those wide blue eyes she adores..
For they belong to him...Not Ragnarok..No they just belong to him.
"Please Crona.." She takes a deep breath as she locks eyes with him. "..I have to know..Who is Ragnarok?.."
"T-The doctors t-told me..H-He's just something in my head.." Crona frowns deeply as he pulls away from her to sit back in his corner. "..S-Some doctor's say..h-he is just another part of m-me...w-while other's say he's just s-something m-my mind made up...o-other's say he's just a hallucination.."
He looks so distressed, his eyes shifting as he grips his hair.
"..I-I don't know what to believe any more.." His breathing is uneven. "T-They all say so many d-different things..I-It hurts my head and I don't know what to b-believe...T-They confuse me! I-It all confuses me!"
"..What is Ragnarok to you?." Maka gets on her knees in front of him as she grabs his hands to stop him from pulling. "..I want to know what he is to you..I don't care about the doctors."
Crona's expression goes blank for a moment..his breathing getting better.
"..I-I don't really know w-what he is.." Crona mumbles queitly as he looks away. "..R-Ragnarok has always been with me..since I can remember.." He grips his knees tigter. "..H-He isn't very nice but..f-for the longest t-time it was just me and him...H-He was the closest thing i had to a f-friend..H-He's cruel but..he watches over me and protects me. If I can't deal with something..He deals with it for me."
"..Is he always with you?" Maka finds herself asking.
"N-No.." His gaze shifts. "..H-He doesn't like it here..He s-says it's boring all the time..S-So he only comes t-to check on me.."
"..Is there more like Ragnarok?" Maka puts a hand on his shoulder..
She needs to find out..What this is.
"..N-No, I o-only have Ragnarok.." His eyes fall to his feet. "..F-For the longest time..I-It was just me and him..b-but.." He glances at her then back to the ground. "..N-Now..y-your my friend...I-I've never h-had one before..I-I couldn't deal with anyone..I-I can barely deal with Ragnarok but..I-I can deal with you..a-and I care if you get hurt."
Crona starts to tremble his eyes getting a far away look to them.
"..I-I got so angry with Ragnarok for what h-he did..T-That was the first time i've e-ever went against him...I-I yelled at him..I-I fought against him." He grips his knees to his chest tightly...His voice getting low. "..He is getting punished by her now."
"Her?" Maka looks at him in concern at his voice changing so she rubs his shoulder.
"..Y-Yes.." He takes a deep breath. "H-He wasn't suppose to do that..H-He was wrong..H-He tried to hurt you..w-when I didn't want to." He trembles as he holds his face in his hands. "..I-I'm so sorry M-Maka..I-I was so afraid when Ragnarok came..I-I was so scared he was going to hurt you..T-The feeling I got..I-I've never had before..I-I've always been afraid to stick up to R-Ragnarok but..I-I was able to do it then."
"Crona-
"I-I'm so sorry I didn't tell you..I-I didn't warn you about..w-what I am.." His eyes start to water again as he looks away from her. "..I-I didn't tell you about ragnarok..because I-I was afraid..y-you wouldn't like me any more..t-that you would leave me.." He trembles. "..I-It was selfish of me I know..and I'm sorry..I-I'm so sorry. I-I'm a horrible person...a-and because I lied you almost got hurt...I-I don't want you to get hurt Maka..S-So I understand..i-if you don't want to see me ever again.."
"IT's ok Crona..I forgive you." She pulls him into a hug..holding him close.. "..I know why it's such a hard thing to talk about..but I want you to know..you don't have to hide anything from me..because no matter what I won't abandon you. Your my freind Crona and i'm staying by you."
"..H-How?..H-How can you be so nice?" He trembles against her. "..Y-Your forgiving me?..Y-Your..Y-You.." She hears him sniffle.
He takes a deep breath but she can feel the water on her shoulder.
"A-Aren't you afraid of me now?..I-I almost hurt you! D-Don't you want to get away?..T-To be away from a demon like me?"
" I'll admit what happen Thursday scared me but.." She pulls away to hold the boy's face in her hands..They get soaked by his tears. " I know it wasn't you Crona..none of that was you. That was all Ragnarok. your not a demon Crona, your the sweetest, nicest, cutest person I know and my opinion on you isn't going to change because of Ragnarok."
Crona just stares at her with wide eyes..The tears still slowly streaming down but his cheeks are flushed and his face hot..The boy's lips are slightly parted..
Maka leans in, pressing her lips against his.
The boy's breath hitches but he soon melts into her.
She doesn't move fast..It's a slow kiss..A kiss saying what she couldn't.
That she cares.
She cares so much.
Maka pulls away and looks at the boy..
His tears have stoped but his face is still red..He's looking at her with those eyes..
There's something she hasn't seen in them before..determination maybe?..Resolve?
"..Y-You don't have to worry about Ragnarok M-Maka.." Crona tightens the grip on his knees looking away. ".H-He's going to have to get over n-not liking you..because I-I do..I-I like you a lot..Y-You make me so h-happy.." He looks at her that look still in them. "..I-I won't let him hurt you..I-I will protect you."
"You make me happy too Crona..." Her eyes get a far away look..
If he protects her from Ragnarok isn't he protecting her from himsefl?..or is Ragnarok..not a part of him but something else?..She doesn't know anymore.
"..A-Are you scared?" He frowns.
"No." She shakes her head, looking him in the eyes.
"..A-Are we still friends?"
"Yes."
"..D-Do you still..l-like me?"
Maka doesn't answer him.
"M-Maka-
She pulls the boy into her, Kissing him deeply.
She's miss this so much..
His lips are so soft against hers..
She doesn't lose control, she just kisses him slowly..lovingly as she rubs his face.
Actions speak louder then words.
"Do you still like me?" She speaks against his lips.
"O-Of course!" He squeaks, she can see how hot his face is. "..I-I don't know if I could ever stop..J-Just seeing you..I-I get this feeling in my chest.."
Maka puts a hand over his heart, keeping her lips close to his.
"..Right here?"
"..Y-Yes.." His breathing is becoming uneven.
"I feel it too." She leans in to kiss him again.
"You two aren't going to fuck are you?" Girkio grunts leaning against the wall next to the door, he looks at them with a blank expression.
"G-Gah! It's t-that scary s-shark man!" Crona pales, his whole body tensing as he pushes himself deep into the corner. He holds his head in his hands rocking. "H-He's so loud and mean..a-and he doesn't smell nice..H-He's so scary! I-I don't know how to deal with him!"
"Your fucking scary you little-
Maka turns giving him a deadly look
Girkio shuts up.
"It's ok Crona.." Maka turns and rubs his back gently. "..Girkio may look like a big, smelly, brute..and he is..but he can be ok sometimes. If not for him I wouldn't have been able to get to you today..He is a friend."
"H-He's your f-friend?" Crona trembles his face getting red. "I-I'm sorry Maka..b-but I think I-I might of.."
"Bit me!" Girkio growls.
"I-I'm sorry!" Crona's face is so red. "I-I didn't mean to!"
"Yeah right-
"Girkio fuck off." Maka glares.
The man gives her the middle finger.
And she just returns it.
"..A-Are you sure y-you two are friends?" Crona mumbles looking between them.
"Not really." She shrugs. "But he helps me out."
"O-Oh..." His gaze shifts for a moment..a conflicted look on his face.
He takes a deep breath.
"..H-Hey Maka?"
"Yeah?" She gets closer.
"..H-How is your mother..d-doing?" He speaks this quietly..His face so pale as his gaze shifts.
"Oh she's doing better." Maka can't help but to smile. "..She's going to wake up soon...I'm going to see her soon...I'm so happy Crona..I'm so relieved you don't even know.."
Crona gets color back in his face.
"O-Oh that's great!" He smiles at her..it's small but it's there. "..I-I was worried."
"Me too.." She looks at the boy a long moment before she grabs his hand..She gently rubs it..holds it with care. "..You know I couldn't have gotten through this with out you Crona..You have helped me so much"
"R-Really?" Crona looks at her touching his hand with his face red. "..B-But..I didn't do any t-thing.."
"You listen to me..and just you being you..helps me.." She smiles down at his hand. "..You help me Crona."
"I..I-I help you?.." His eyes are so bright.. "..D-Does that mean..I-I'm useful..t-to you?"
"Crona your all I think about..You keep all the bad about my mother away." She pulls up his hand and puts her lips against it causing the boy to gasp. "...It's not about you being useful to me Crona, it's about being a friend and you have been that."
"..." There's a conflicted look on his face..His eyes flickering..with traces of guilt.
Maka just keeps lightly kissing his hand..and soon that look disappears.
"..M-Maka..I-I don't understand..w-what your doing to me.." He takes a in take of breath when her tongue grazed the palm of his hand. " I-I'm doing things..f-feeling things I haven't before..I-I use to be afraid of everything..I-I didn't want to deal with the world..j-just like the world didn'twant to deal with me but..t-then you came along.." His voice becomes a whisper. "..I-I'm not scared of you..I-I know you won't hurt me..a-and I like you touching me..Y-Your touch is soft..and inviting..y-your words are kind..a-and your expression's nice.."
He takes a deep breath.
"..T-The only thing i'm scared about with you.." His eyes shake, his face a deep red when she looks at him. "...is losing you."
"You don't even have to worry about that." She stops kissing his hand to look him in the eyes. "..What did I tell you?..I told you that i'm yours remember?"
"..." He stares at her such a long moment before a smile graces his lips. "..A-And i'm yours.."
"Yes." She entwines there fingers together..enjoying the feeling of it. "So your not losing me..and i'm not losing you."
"M-Maka.." He looks at her with big watery eyes..His lip querying a little.
He is even cute when he cries..
but she rather not see him crie again.
It hurts her.
"..I brought you these." Maka pulls out the cookies handing them over to the small boy. "..I heard you weren't eating."
"..I-I don't deserve food." He looks at the bag of sweets..His eyes showing how hungry he really is.
"Please eat these..for me?"
"..." With shaky hands Crona takes the bag from her..He takes out a cookie..and ever so slowly he puts it into his mouth..
Once he has the taste he can't stop.
Maka watches as he devours the bag of cookies..it doesn't even look like he's taking any breathers.
"O-Oh my.." He swallows, then gives her a woobly smile. "..T-Those were so good..Y-Your such a amazing cook M-Maka.."
"I didn't make these actually." Maka smiles. "Kid's dad did."
"..k-Kid?" Crona frowns deeply, a pout on his face.
"Holy shit!" Girkio suddenly runs out of the room. "Stein's coming!"
Maka gets up and runs to get out of the room too but..
The door closes before she gets to it.
Maka struggles with it but it's locked..
The doors lock by there selfs..just in case a patient would try to get out before a nurse could lock it again.
Girkio is gone.
He has left her.
"M-Maka what's going on?" Crona gets up looking at her with concern. "..A-Are you afraid of doctor Stein too?"
"No, Crona i'm not suppose to be here." Maka looks around for some where to hide. "..If he finds me i'm going to jail."
"J-Jail?!" Crona's eyes are wide with fear. "..B-But that's where bad people go! Y-Your not bad Maka.."
"Shit. Shit. Shit." Maka can hear the man's voice he is so close..
She needs to hide.
And she needs to hide now.
"M-Maka under m-my bed!" Crona points and Maka rushes over, sliding under it with ease..
She really hopes this works..
From where she is laying she watches Crona sit back in his corner..He looks really tense and he keeps glancing at her but..
He was smart to sit back down.
He's trying to act normal..well..you know.
IT's queit for a moment..
But then Maka hears the door open even though she can't see it..
Crona tenses..and hides his face in his knees.
"Hello Crona, how are we doing today?" Maka's hears Stein's calm voice.
Crona doesn't respond.
"You seem to be in better shape..Your not shaking, or crying." She hears his foot steps..He's coming closer to the bed.
Crona whips his head up looking at him with wide eyes..Looking between Maka and the approaching Stein.
"Ah. Good. Are you going to respond to me this time?" She hears the bed creek as the doctor sits on it..The back of his legs are close to her face..
Oh god..This is like all those movies Maka has seen..
Someone's hiding under the bed..and then you see the person your hiding from's feet..
In the movies you have to things that are either going to happen..
There not going to notice the person under the bed..
or they do.
Maka prays to god he doesn't look under the bed.
Crona's trembling now..His teeth starting to chatter as he glances at Maka then to Stein..His face so pale.
"There's no need to be afraid of me Crona, i'm your friend." Maka hears something click..like a clicking of a pen. "..Now Crona i'm going to ask you a few questions ok?..You know the safe word if you think you can't handle it."
Crona doesn't respond to him.
"..Are you feeling better today?"
"P-Pass."
"Are you feeling angry with anyone?"
There's a pause.
"P-Pass."
"Do you think it's ok to hurt the nurses? There only trying to help you Crona."
"Pass."
"Has Ragnarok came back?"
"Pass."
"Alright last question since it seems you don't want to answer any. " Stein pauses. "What do you think of that girl Maka who keeps coming to see you?"
Crona takes a sharp in take of breath.
"I-I think M-Maka is a amazing p-person you doesn't d-deserve to g-go to j-jail!" He is almost screaming.
"Why would she go to jail Crona?" Stein's voice is..suspicious.
..She knows Crona means well..but she has a feeling this isn't going to end good.
Crona glances at her again.
She hears the bed creek as Stein gets off of it.
Maka holds her breath.
"You know she tried to see you today..I had her kicked out because I thought you were unstable." His voice sounds..still suspicious. "..But it seems you have gotten..a lot better. Did something good happen today?"
Crona doesn't respond.
"Crona?"
"Pass."
"What's that?" She's able to see the tip of Stein's finger as he point's towards..
Oh shit.
She had forgot about the small plastic bag that had the cookies..
It lays next to Crona on the floor.
Crona's whole body tenses..and he takes a even sharper in take of breath.
"P-P-Pass."
"Was someone in here?"
Oh yeah, Stein knows.
"P-P-P-Pass."
Then it's silent a while..
Stein walks back over towards the bed..
Maka holds her breath as he stops right in front of it..His feet right by her face.
She meets Crona's gaze..
His eyes are shaking so much..His face so pale.
Stein gets on one knee..
He's going to look under the bed.
He is going to see her.
She is going to jail.
Suddenly Crona bows his head..It looks like he's mumbling something to himself before..he goes completely still.
His bangs cover his eyes..and he just looks limp.
Stein is right about to look under the bed-
"hey fuck face." Suddenly there's another pair of feet that she can see by the bed...and it's Crona's.
But that's not his voice..and he was just in the corner a second aga..
She can't see Stein anymore..her guessing he jumped back.
"Why don't you get the hell out before I re-open those stiches on your face."
Maka know's the tone of Crona's voice..
It's not Crona at all.
It's Ragnarok.
"Oh your back." Stein says..calmly. "You seem to be making appearance more offen then usually now. If Crona will not answer my questions maybe you will." There's a pause. "Was someone in this room?."
"If they were I would have killed them." He chuckles darkly.
"What is that bag? Where did it come from?"
"My ass hole."
"..Why did you try to attack Maka? Don't you know Crona likes her?"
Suddenly the room gets really tense..
"Stay out of are fucking business gramps. I'm not answering anymore question's get the fuck out of here before I rip you to pieces, you prick."
"..I'll be back tomorrow Ragnarok." She hears Stein's foot steps..
She sees Crona's feet leave away from the bed..He walks so she can see his full body..
He's straight..not slouching..his eyes that haunted look..
She hears the door open..and then close.
Maka's eyes widen.
A deep fear gripping her heart.
She's locked in here..alone..with Ragnarok..
Maybe..Maybe Ragnarok doesn't know she's in here?..Maka's sure he would have ratted her out..
Crona knows she's here but maybe he doesn't-
The boy's head jerks in her direction, his haunted eyes looking right at hers.
He smirks at her..his eyes narrowing with dark glee.
"Guppi."
sooo I got it out to you guys! and I decided to be an ass hole and leave another hanger :P I hope you liked it...and thank you so much for your support :) it really makes me happy to read the reviews. till next time!